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Some women are born with an instinct for knowing how things work—and what to do when they break.

I don’t know about you, but for some reason I take the time to read a LOT more often in the summer. From sitting on the beach with my feet in the water as I get into a good juicy novel, to evenings with a glass of wine in hand, getting lost in the characters…summer seems to foster that need for a good book. Barbara Delinsky is one of those authors we go back to again and again….to get lost in the characters.

Blueprints is Barbara Delinsky’s newest and I’ve got a copy on the way for my summer reading.

Synopsis

Caroline MacAfee is a skilled carpenter, her daughter Jamie, a talented architect. Together they are the faces of Gut It!, a home renovation series on local public television. Caroline takes pride in her work, and in the way she connects with the show’s audience.  But when she is told the network wants her daughter to replace her as host-the day after Caroline’s fifty-sixth birthday-she is devastated. The fallout couldn’t come at a worse time.

For Jamie, life changes overnight when, soon after learning of the host shift, her father and his new wife die in a car accident that orphans their two-year-old son. Accustomed to organization and planning, she is now grappling with a toddler who misses his parents, a fiancé who doesn’t want the child, a staggering new attraction, and a work challenge that, if botched, could undermine the future of both MacAfee Homes and Gut It!

For Caroline, hosting Gut It! is part of her identity. Facing its loss, she feels betrayed by her daughter and old in the eyes of the world. Her ex-husband’s death thrusts her into the role of caregiver to his aging father. And then there’s Dean, a long-time friend, whose efforts to seduce her awaken desires that have been dormant for so long that she feels foreign to herself.

Who am I? Both women ask, as the blueprints they’ve built their lives around suddenly need revising. While loyalties shift, decisions hover, and new relationships tempt, their challenge comes not only in remaking themselves, but in rebuilding their relationship with each other.

Barbara Delinsky

BARBARA DELINSKY has written twenty-one New York Times bestselling books, including some of my FAVE beach reads. She’s been published in twenty-eight languages worldwide.

GIVEAWAY

Enter to win:

  • A $100 Home Depot gift card to put towards your own home makeover
  • plus a copy of Blueprints

WINNER: A Martin

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Comments

  11. I am reading the The Idea of Love by Patti Callahan Henry. It is such a good book!

  17. I must admit I’m not a ‘Big’ reader! But I think your accomplishments are Awesome and I would love to read your latest book! Thanks!

  18. Reading the Complete Father Brown Mysteries by GK Chesterton right now…

  21. Right now in my beach bag is the book “Fifty Shades Of Grey”.
    Thank You For The Chance To Win…”Blueprints”.

  25. I am reading the book of speculation by Erika Swyler I got it free to read and review.

  27. sadly its been a long time since i’ve taken the time to read a good book or been to the beach either!

  28. Currently devoting all my time to rewriting sections if my manuscript for my novel….no time for fun reading.

  29. Sounds like a fabulous read. I hope I win it, but will be on the look out for her books at my local absolutely wonderful Public Library up here in Show Low, AZ! Currently reading: “Picture Miss Seaton” by Heron Carvic*!* These are fantastic books about a a 70ish years young yoga practitioner, who’s also a sleuth (private) of the Scotland Yard caliber and all the wacky and wonderful ways she helps everyone else out*!* A truly delightful persona who jumps off the page. Someone we all hope we can be when we reach her age, or even much, much sooner*!*

  30. Well! Isn’t that wonderful. I just want to wish you ALL the Luck in the whole world. I hope you find a fabulous editor, etc and have great good luck in getting your novel published. Do let me/us know when (not if, mind you) and I’ll sign up to be the first purchaser*!* GOOD LUCK & HAPPY LANDINGS*

  32. 50 Shades of Grey, I am probably the only woman on earth who hasn’t read it yet!

  36. I am going to read The Hunger Game series because I have not read the books yet.

  37. I don’t have just one book for summer reading I have about 10 I want to get through in the next few months.

  46. What book is in your beach bag for summer reading?

    most likely a stephen king thanks

  49. What is in my summer bag this summer to read is Stephen King Finders Keepers.

  51. I just started to read Archivist Wasp but I have yet to read an amazing book this summer.

  52. I have the The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew in my bag right now!

  55. I have a ton of books to read this summer! Dead Ice by Laurell K. Hamilton, Cat’s Lair by Christine Feehan, The King and The Shadows by JR Ward, and more.

  56. shes come undone and the summer house are both books in m y beach bag this summer love them both

  58. Don’t have any in it yet for the summer been busy but sure would like to start adding s ome.

  62. i am reading 50 shades of grey. I bought the book at a garage sale last week!

  65. Moving from Portugal to the Unites States next month my reading is all about English blooks for the kids to read and become familiar with the language! For me “Game of Thrones” last book is still awaiting!

  67. The book in my beach bag for summer reading is In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume.

  68. Right now it would be heroes of olympus blood of olympus, the book of life,paper towns…I have a lot of books in my beach/summer bag to read

  72. It has been a crazy summer and I have not had time to go to the bookstore to purchase a book as of yet.

  74. I would have too say The best of Me Nicholas Sparks at the moment

  77. I haven’t read a book in years. I’d love to sit down with a real, paper book and read!

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